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1. Ankle rattle

Museum number:
5-3072a
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

2. Arrow

Museum number:
5-2944a-f
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria
Collection date:
1962

3. Bow

Museum number:
5-2941
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Tilden Fulani market, Nigeria
Collection date:
1962

4. Busts

Museum number:
5-13693a,b
Culture or time period:
Benin and Bini Tribe
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:
1944

5. Container and lid

Museum number:
5-3359a,b
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Benin City, Nigeria
Collection date:
July 1963

6. Double rattle

Museum number:
5-3101
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Nigeria

7. Drum

Museum number:
5-7633
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
height 48 centimeters and diameter 24 centimeters
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
ca. 1967

8. Drum

Museum number:
5-7670
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
diameter 29 centimeters
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
ca. 1967

9. Drum with beater

Museum number:
5-13859a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Percussion beaters
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
a— height 46 centimeters and b— length 24.7 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
ca. 1943

10. Fiber and nutshell rattle

Museum number:
5-7664
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Southwest Nigeria